The best abandonware rpg games
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The Aethra Chronicles
DOS19943.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
Don't Go Alone
DOS19893.9/5 first-person party-based RPG
Keys to Maramon
DOS19903.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Eye of the beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor
DOS1991protected3.9/5 first-person party-based RPG, dungeon crawl
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy
DOS19903.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1990. The Zhodani Conspiracy is the first installment in the MegaTraveller series and was developed by Paragon Software.MegaTraveller 1 takes place in the Traveller universe's Third Imperium, a vast interstellar empire. The plot revolves around a c...
Adventure Construction Set
DOS19873.9/5
Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...
Blues Brothers RPG
Windows XP/98/952004freeware3.9/5 JRPG
Exile II: Crystal Souls
Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Legend of the Silver Talisman
DOS1996freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl
Icewind Dale 2
Windows XP/98/95Mac2002protected3.9/5
Moraff's Dungeon of the Unforgiven
DOS19933.9/5 dungeon crawl
Warp Rogue
WindowsLinux2004freeware3.9/5 roguelike
Captive
DOS19923.9/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine
DOS19973.9/5 first-person party-based RPG
Larn
DOS1986freeware3.9/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Disciples of Steel
DOS19943.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Exile III: Ruined World
Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1997freeware3.9/5 top-down party-based RPG
Mission: Mainframe
DOS19873.9/5 board game
Return to Krondor
Windows XP/98/951998protected3.9/5
Dragons of Flame
DOS1989protected3.9/5 action RPG
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress
DOS1992protected3.8/5 first-person party-based RPG
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is a first-person grid-based RPG developed by Silmarils and released in 1992 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST. Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is the second game, part of the Ishar game series (the first being Crystals of Arborea). Ishar is a classic RPG like Wizardry or Might & Magic and it plays the same way, but the en...
The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I
DOS19873.8/5 action RPG
Mad Paradox
DOS1994NSFW3.8/5 JRPG
Galdregon's Domain
DOS19883.8/5
Omega
DOSLinux1988freeware3.8/5 roguelike
Shadow of Yserbius
DOS19933.8/5 dungeon crawl
Bloodwych
DOS19893.8/5 dungeon crawl, first-person party-based RPG
Bloodwych is an abandoned RPG set in the fantasy world of Trazere. Two players can play at the same time in split screen mode, a feature that was unusual at the time, especially for an RPG. Bloodwych was released in 1989 by Image Works for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum.
Hack
DOS1984freeware3.8/5 dungeon crawl, roguelike
Yendorian Tales: Book I - Chapter 2
DOS19963.8/5 first-person party-based RPG